Category: History
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Old knowledge... in "fairy tales"...
Moviegoers were recently treated to "Noah," an epic story of bravery and sacrifice from the Old Testament, a saga in which the titular character takes on the divine mission to build an ark to save creation from an apocalyptic deluge. Outside the big screen, speculation has swirled for decades that the leftovers of Noah's Ark…
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Stonehenge: A MODERN monument! (really, this is no joke)
For decades the official Stonehenge guidebooks have been full of fascinating facts and figures and theories surrounding the world's greatest prehistoric monument. What the glossy brochures do not mention, however, is the systematic rebuilding of the 4,000 year old stone circle throughout the 20th Century. This is one of the dark secrets of history archaeologists…
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Photographs, history, time (not) passing by...
A new Google-generated heat map showing the most photographed locations on Earth. The heat map accounts for the top 15,000 most photographed spots in Google’s Panorimo service. (1) Pay attention. Look closely. The borders defined by the ancients Greeks - Roman Empire - Byzantium, are the limits of our tourists attractions. Thousands years have passed…
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Knowing, forgetting, communication, questions, Persival.
In order to function properly, the human brain requires the ability not only to store but also to forget: Through memory loss, unnecessary information is deleted and the nervous system retains its plasticity. A disruption of this process can lead to serious mental disorders. Scientists have now discovered a molecular mechanism that actively regulates the…
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Africa, Neanderthals, parents. The lost wisdom...
Call it humanity's unexpected U-turn. One of the biggest events in the history of our species is the exodus out of Africa some 65,000 years ago, the start of Homo sapiens' long march across the world. Now a study of southern African genes shows that, unexpectedly, another migration took western Eurasian DNA back to the…
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